The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1887-12-02

to be at any tuc anything bu, the product
Of human character and culture, they
never tell us but they intimat, that if the
industrious ID rot promptly divide more
freely with the idle, the frugal with the
improvideur, the workers with the blath-
ersk ties, there will be trouble, mysterious
in its nature and unknown in amount. If
the Chicago tragedy teaches anything it
teaches most imprcssivcly that this fooling
should cease.-N~,c York San.
TIE PRESERVATION OF MANURE.-All
intelligent farmers now recognize the rap
idity with which land is rendered more and
more unproduc,ivc by the constant sue
ccssion of grain crops. They also recog-
uize in the manure pile the remedy for this
evil. But while farmers all agree on the
value of the manure, they very often,
through custom, treat their manure pile in
slovenly and careless manner, while they
pay careful attention 20 minor details Of the
farm-yard. Too great s;rees cannot be
laid on the Importance of this subject
The first mistake commonly made is that
of pitching the manure out beside build
ing and allowing tho water from the caves
to carry off the most precious part Of tho
fertilizer. 1t is rcmarkabl, how many
farmers there are who arc Intelligent and
thoughtful in other respects. but who year
after year lose hundreds of dcliars by this
neglect. Another mistake, frequently made,
is that Of throwing out the manure helter
skcltcr and leaving the pile tho hose. The
ammonia in the manure is one Of its most
valuable components, aud bcing a volatile
substance a large amount Of it goes off in
the form Of gas and is lost to the farmer.
Some, recognizing this, rush t. tho other
extreme, and pack it so tight that in a very
short time the pile is iirc-iaugcd. In this
respect a happy medium should be OBJ
served. The pile should be packed mid
ding tight-tiSht enough to avoid the
escape Of ammonia and loose enough to
avoid frc-ianging. Tho farmer should
watch his pile, and if he finds the ammo.
MIA escaping, which he easily could detect
by the smell, he should pack it tighter If,
on the other hand: he finds, on inspecting
the pile, that it is getting all baked, he
should stir it up.
Any one who observes the care which is
ordinarily bestowed on the trimming and
ncatncss Of a straw-stacl, cannot but be
struck by the contrast with the careless
manner in which the manure is thrown
together, while the hitter is Immensely
more essential to the farmers prosperity
than the former. The manure pill, should
if possible, be kept under cover, but if this
is not convenient, neat cylindrical pile,
packed properly, will so great way to
avoid the loss of the valuable properties of
the manure by rain. A very good plan to
couutaract this difficulty is to hollow out
around the pile several good sized holes,
into which the water, after liltering through
the pile, will settle. A dipper with u loug
handle should be made by the farmer, and
in every four or five days in rainy weather
he should scoop up the liquid from these
holes and place it back on the piles l,
should be remembered that the liquid ina.
nure of animals is nearly nine times as
valuable as the solid, as it contains an enor.
nous proportion of nitrogen. Farmers
have vague idea that the liquid is valu.
able, but large proportion of them, ncv.
ertheless, allow it, to great extent, to 60 to
waste. One Of the most effective WAYS to
preserve the liquid manure, is to provide
an inclined trench behind the animals, a,
the lower end OF which there should be
placed trough to catch the liquid a
more convenient way is to soak it up by the
bedding, but the farmers of this country
will Gnd few dollars properly laid out in
the construction of the stable floor to be
money well spent.-Iractical Farmer.
DIVERSIFIED FARMING.-It is a we'll